"was a success, reaching number 13 on ""Billboard"" and number 12 in the UK. The television special, ""Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra"", reunited Sinatra with Gene Kelly. He initially developed problems with his vocal cords during the comeback due to a prolonged period without singing. That Christmas he performed at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, and returned to Caesars Palace the following month in January 1974, despite previously vowing to perform there again [sic]. He began what Barbara Sinatra describes as a ""massive comeback tour of the United States, Europe, the Far East and Australia"". In July, while on a"
"Personal life of Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra had many close relationships throughout his life. He was married four times and had at least six other notable relationships in between. He had three verified children, as well as more than one of questionable relationship. Frank Sinatra met Nancy Rose Barbato (March 25, 1917 – July 13, 2018) when he was nineteen, and they were married on February 4, 1939, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Barbato's home town. Their wedding was held at Our Lady of Sorrows Church at 93 Clerk Street, after which the newlyweds resided in an apartment house at"
"Barbara Sinatra Barbara Marx Sinatra (née Blakeley; March 10, 1927 – July 25, 2017) was an American model, showgirl, socialite, philanthropist, and the fourth wife of Frank Sinatra. On March 10, 1927, she was born Barbara Ann Blakeley in Bosworth, Missouri, the elder of two daughters. Her parents were Charles Willis Blakeley (June 29, 1895 – October 5, 1989) and Irene Prunty (née Toppass) Blakeley (June 22, 1907 – December 15, 1993). At age 10, she moved with her parents and younger sister, Patricia, to Wichita, Kansas, where she was raised. In 1944, she graduated from Wichita North High School."
"for ten years from around 1954 to 1964. ""We had an incredible 'like' for each other"" and ""a very comfortable relationship"", stated Dickinson in 1999, adding that if they'd had ""a burning love affair"" then the romance might not have lasted as long. The two remained friends until Sinatra's 1998 death. Sinatra had three children with his first wife, Nancy Barbato: Nancy Sinatra (born June 8, 1940), Frank Sinatra Jr. (born January 10, 1944 and died March 16, 2016), and Christina ""Tina"" Sinatra (born June 20, 1948). Although Sinatra did not remain faithful to his wife, he was by many"
"asked me to change faith for him, but I could tell he was pleased that I'd consider it."" Upon his death in 1998, Frank Sinatra left her $3.5 million in assets, along with mansions in Beverly Hills, Malibu, and Palm Springs. She also inherited the rights to Sinatra's ""Trilogy"" recordings, most of his material possessions and control over his name and likeness. Barbara Marx Sinatra died on July 25, 2017, in Rancho Mirage, California of natural causes at the age of 90. She died a year before Frank’s first wife, Nancy died on July 14, 2018 at the age of"
"duet. In 1977, Sinatra starred as a detective in ""Contract on Cherry Street"", cited as his ""one starring role in a dramatic television film"". Ten years later, he made a guest appearance opposite Tom Selleck in ""Magnum, P.I."", playing a retired policeman who teams up with Selleck to find his granddaughter's murderer. Shot in January 1987, the episode aired on CBS on February 25. Sinatra had three children, Nancy (born 1940), Frank Jr. (1944–2016), and Tina (born 1948) with his first wife, Nancy Sinatra (née Barbato; March 25, 1917 – July 13, 2018) (m. 1939–1951). Sinatra had met Barbato in"
"Park in Beverly Hills, California in 2015. Tina Sinatra Christina Sinatra (born June 20, 1948) is an American former singer, actress, film producer, and memoirist. Christina Sinatra was born on June 20, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, the youngest child of the American singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra. She has two full siblings, Nancy and Frank Jr.. Her parents divorced when she was three years old. Sinatra appeared on the album ""The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas"" with her father and siblings in 1968. She contributed to five tracks on the"
"telegrams backstage, Frank Sinatra appeared later in the show to read a disclaimer that disavowed Schneider's statement, which in turn provoked angry responses from actors Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty. Beatty later berated Sinatra on stage, calling him ""you old Republican."" In 1954, he married his first wife, Judy Feinberg (born 1936), who was also Jewish and from a wealthy family. They had two children: Jeffrey and Audrey. They later divorced and he was subsequently married three more times. Schneider died of natural causes, aged 78, in Los Angeles, California. He was survived by his son and daughter. Peter Fonda"
"Tina Sinatra Christina Sinatra (born June 20, 1948) is an American former singer, actress, film producer, and memoirist. Christina Sinatra was born on June 20, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, the youngest child of the American singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra. She has two full siblings, Nancy and Frank Jr.. Her parents divorced when she was three years old. Sinatra appeared on the album ""The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas"" with her father and siblings in 1968. She contributed to five tracks on the album, including ""Santa Claus Is Coming to"
"A third child, Christina Sinatra, known as ""Tina"", was born on June 20, 1948. Nancy Barbato Sinatra and Frank Sinatra announced their separation on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1950, with Frank's additional extra-marital affair with Ava Gardner compounding his transgressions and becoming public knowledge once again. After originally just seeking a legal separation, Frank and Nancy Sinatra decided some months later to file for divorce, and this divorce became legally final on October 29, 1951. Frank Sinatra's affair and relationship with Gardner had become more and more serious, and she later became his second wife. What was perhaps less widely"
"Frank Sinatra Jr. Francis Wayne Sinatra (; January 10, 1944 – March 16, 2016), professionally known as Frank Sinatra Jr., was an American singer, songwriter, and conductor. He was the son of singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra; the younger brother of singer and actress Nancy Sinatra; and the older brother of television producer Tina Sinatra. Francis Wayne Sinatra was born January 10, 1944, in Jersey City, New Jersey, into the household of one of the most popular singers in the world, Frank Sinatra. The younger Sinatra, who was not technically a ""junior"" –"
"Farrow (born 1987). In a 2015 ""CBS Sunday Morning"" interview, Nancy Sinatra dismissed the claim as ""nonsense"". Sinatra was married to Barbara Marx from 1976 until his death. The couple married on July 11, 1976, at Sunnylands, in Rancho Mirage, California, the estate of media magnate Walter Annenberg. Sinatra was close friends with Jilly Rizzo, songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen, golfer Ken Venturi, comedian Pat Henry and baseball manager Leo Durocher. In his spare time, he enjoyed listening to classical music and attended concerts when he could. He swam daily in the Pacific Ocean, finding it to be therapeutic and giving"
"2003 concert by Sinatra: Sinatra composed several songs, including: Guest performances Informational notes Citations Frank Sinatra Jr. Francis Wayne Sinatra (; January 10, 1944 – March 16, 2016), professionally known as Frank Sinatra Jr., was an American singer, songwriter, and conductor. He was the son of singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra; the younger brother of singer and actress Nancy Sinatra; and the older brother of television producer Tina Sinatra. Francis Wayne Sinatra was born January 10, 1944, in Jersey City, New Jersey, into the household of one of the most popular singers in"
"was often involved in turbulent affairs with women, such as with his second wife Ava Gardner. He later married Mia Farrow in 1966 and Barbara Marx in 1976. Sinatra had several violent confrontations, usually with journalists he felt had crossed him, or work bosses with whom he had disagreements. He was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement"
"November 2013 issue of ""Vanity Fair"", Farrow said that she and Sinatra ""never really split up"" and answered ""possibly"" when asked if her son Ronan might be Sinatra's. On July 11, 1976, Sinatra married Barbara Blakeley Marx (1927-2017) (formerly married to Zeppo Marx, the straight man in the Marx brothers' act), who converted to Catholicism to marry him. She remained his wife until his death, although her relations with Sinatra's children were consistently portrayed as stormy, something Nancy Sinatra confirmed when she publicly claimed that Barbara had not bothered to call Frank's children even when the end was near, although"
"101. The Sinatras founded the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center in Rancho Mirage, California, in 1986. The center is adjacent to the Betty Ford Center on the campus of the Eisenhower Medical Center. The non-profit facility provides individual and group therapy for young victims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. Barbara Sinatra Barbara Marx Sinatra (née Blakeley; March 10, 1927 – July 25, 2017) was an American model, showgirl, socialite, philanthropist, and the fourth wife of Frank Sinatra. On March 10, 1927, she was"
"Billy Strange as arranger and conductor. Sinatra also had a brief acting career in the mid-1960s, including a co-starring role with Elvis Presley in the movie ""Speedway"", and with Peter Fonda in ""The Wild Angels"". In ""Marriage on the Rocks"", Frank and Nancy Sinatra played a fictional father and daughter. Sinatra was born on June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey. She is the eldest daughter of the three children Frank Sinatra had by his first wife, Nancy Barbato (1917–2018). When she was a toddler, the family moved to Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. They later moved again to Toluca"
"at a time when she was dating matador Luis Miguel Dominguín, but the divorce was not settled until 1957. Sinatra continued to feel very strongly for her, and they remained friends for life. He was still dealing with her finances in 1976. Sinatra reportedly broke off engagements to Lauren Bacall in 1958 and Juliet Prowse in 1962. He married Mia Farrow on July 19, 1966, a short marriage that ended with divorce in Mexico in August 1968. They remained close friends for life, and in a 2013 interview Farrow said that Sinatra might be the father of her son Ronan"
"At age 18, she moved to Long Beach, California. She married Robert Oliver in September 1948 and had a son, Bobby on October 10, 1950. She divorced Oliver in 1952. She married Zeppo Marx on September 18, 1959 and was thenceforth known as Barbara Marx until that union ended in divorce in 1973. She married Frank Sinatra on July 11, 1976. It was his fourth and final marriage, and her third and final marriage. It was also the longest-lasting marriage for both. She converted to Catholicism. According to her book, ""Lady Blue Eyes: My Life With Frank"", ""He [Frank] never"
"Easy!"", which both peaked at number three on the ""Billboard"" album chart, with the latter reaching number five on the UK Album Charts. His performance as the lead character in ""The Man with the Golden Arm"" earned him nominations for Best Actor at the Academy Awards and the BAFTA awards. By the time he recorded ""In the Wee Small Hours"", Sinatra witnessed the end of several relationships. He and his first wife, Nancy Barbato, separated on Valentine's Day 1950. While still married, he began a relationship with Ava Gardner. After he and Barbato divorced in October 1951, he married Gardner"
"Dolly Sinatra Dolly Sinatra (born Natalina Maria Vittoria Garaventa; December 26, 1896 – January 6, 1977) was the mother of American singer Frank Sinatra. She was born in Lumarzo (Province of Genoa), in northern Italy; she immigrated to the United States when she was two months old. When she was a child, her pretty face earned her the nickname ""Dolly"". Dolly married Antonino Martino ""Marty"" Sinatra in 1913, and in 1915 the couple's only child, Frank Sinatra, was born. Dolly was influential in the Sinatras' neighborhood in Hoboken, New Jersey, where they later operated a tavern during Prohibition. She became"
"July 19, 1966, when she was 21 and he was 50. At the time, Sinatra was enjoying a wave of renewed popularity as the song ""Strangers in the Night"" returned him to the top of the ""Billboard"" charts only seventeen days later. They met on the set of Sinatra's film, ""Von Ryan's Express"". She agreed to appear in his 1968 film, ""The Detective"", but when she reneged as her filming schedule for ""Rosemary's Baby"" overran, Sinatra served her divorce papers in front of the cast and crew. They were divorced in Mexico in August 1968. In an interview for the"
"1998 in response to Freedom of Information Act requests. Sinatra frequently denied personal and professional links with organized crime figures such as Bugsy Siegel, Carlo Gambino, Sam Giancana, Lucky Luciano, and Joseph Fischetti, despite the many connections and anecdotes reported. He vehemently declared that ""any report that I fraternised with goons or racketeers is a vicious lie"". In January 1967, he stood before a Las Vegas grand jury investigating mobster influence in the casinos and denied any financial exploits with Giancana. Personal life of Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra had many close relationships throughout his life. He was married four times"
"pressure, pneumonia and bladder cancer. He was further diagnosed as having dementia. He had made no public appearances following a heart attack in February 1997. Sinatra's wife encouraged him to ""fight"" while attempts were made to stabilize him, and reported that his final words were, ""I'm losing."" Sinatra's daughter, Tina, later wrote that she and her siblings (Frank, Jr. and Nancy) had not been notified of their father's final hospitalization, and it was her belief that ""the omission was deliberate. Barbara would be the grieving widow ""alone"" at her husband's side."" The night after Sinatra's death, the lights on the"
"departure for Sinatra was the clear inclusion of synthesizers on the title track. L.A. Is My Lady L.A. Is My Lady is 59th and final solo studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1984 and produced by Quincy Jones. While the album was Sinatra's last (excluding the ""Duets"" albums), he recorded five further songs, only four of which have been officially released. The album came after an album of duets between Sinatra and Lena Horne, instigated by Jones, was abandoned after Horne developed vocal problems and Sinatra, committed to other engagements, couldn't wait to record. This was the first studio"
"own and operate a small grocery shop. Sinatra himself apprenticed as a shoemaker, until he started prize-fighting, calling himself Marty O'Brien, because Italians were not welcomed in the fight game. On February 14, 1914, Sinatra eloped with Natalie Garaventa (also known as ""Dolly""), in Jersey City, New Jersey, as Dolly's parents refused to host a wedding and did not approve of Marty, as he was illiterate, inferior at boxing, and was a Sicilian, whereas the Garaventa family were Ligurian. The couple eventually moved to 415 Monroe Street, Hoboken, New Jersey. Their only child, Francis Albert Sinatra, was born on December"
"to Zeppo. The press eventually got wind of the affair, snapping photos of Blakely and Sinatra together, or asking Blakeley questions whenever they spotted her. Both she and Sinatra denied the affair. Zeppo and Blakeley divorced in 1973. Zeppo let Blakeley keep the 1969 Jaguar he had bought her, and agreed to pay her $1,500 a month for ten years. Sinatra upgraded Blakeley's Jaguar to the latest model. Sinatra also gave her a house to live in. The house had belonged to Eden Hartford, Groucho Marx's third wife. Blakeley and Sinatra continued to date, and were constantly hounded by the"
"with Sinatra's sidekick, Rizzo, who refuses to release tapes of the concert that Rod has already pre-sold. It is ultimately proposed that Sinatra will do a benefit concert for the trades people, but as soon as he gets back on stage, rather than apologize for calling the reporter a two-dollar hooker, he says: ""I overpaid."" Enjoying himself nevertheless, the singer calls Barbara up to the stage, introducing her to Australia as ""the girl I'm going to marry."" The film was loosely based on true events. Barbara Marx had been divorced from Zeppo Marx in 1973, a year before the Frank"
"for Genovese crime family underboss and Brooklyn faction leader Venero ""Benny Eggs"" Mangano. After being recognized as a ""made member"" or soldier since the 1970s, Barbato was officially excluded from the state of New Jersey on August 11, 1987. Barbato was a distant relative to the first wife of singer/actor Frank Sinatra, Nancy Barbato (Nancy Sinatra Sr.) In 2005, Barbato was indicted on federal racketeering charges and racketeering conspiracy, which included murder conspiracy, extortion, loansharking and witness tampering. U.S. law enforcement charged him with operating criminal activities in the Brooklyn section as well as associating with then-current family acting boss"
"L.A. Is My Lady L.A. Is My Lady is 59th and final solo studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1984 and produced by Quincy Jones. While the album was Sinatra's last (excluding the ""Duets"" albums), he recorded five further songs, only four of which have been officially released. The album came after an album of duets between Sinatra and Lena Horne, instigated by Jones, was abandoned after Horne developed vocal problems and Sinatra, committed to other engagements, couldn't wait to record. This was the first studio album Sinatra had recorded with Jones since 1964's ""It Might as Well Be"
"Stone"" and TMZ reported that she died following ""a long battle with lung cancer"". She was 70. She was survived by her four children, and four granddaughters. Gail Zappa Adelaide Gail Zappa ( Sloatman; January 1, 1945 – October 7, 2015) was the wife of musician and composer Frank Zappa and the trustee of the Zappa Family Trust. They met in Los Angeles in 1966 and married while she was pregnant with their first child, Moon, followed by Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva. In 2002, Zappa founded the Zappa Family Trust, a holder for the title and copyright to Frank Zappa's"
"the fall of 1953 after the split, and according to Kelley, on November 18, Van Heusen found him in the elevator of his 57th Street apartment with his wrists slashed. Sinatra took responsibility for Gardner's business affairs long after the split, and was still dealing with her finances in 1976. When she fell into financial difficulty in later years, Sinatra paid $50,000 towards her medical bills. Gardner's power in Hollywood helped Sinatra get cast in ""From Here to Eternity"" (1953) and his subsequent Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor helped revitalize Sinatra's film career. Sinatra married actress Mia Farrow on"
"Artie Shaw, from 1945 to 1946. Shaw had previously been married to Lana Turner. Gardner's third, and last, marriage was to singer and actor Frank Sinatra, from 1951 to 1957. She would later say in her autobiography that he was the love of her life. Sinatra left his wife, Nancy, for Gardner, and their subsequent marriage made headlines. Sinatra was blasted by gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, the Hollywood establishment, the Roman Catholic Church, and by his fans for leaving his wife for a noted femme fatale. Gardner used her considerable influence, particularly with Harry Cohn, to get"